Time, Speed and Distance (Part-8)

Total Questions: 10

1. Amita travels from her house at 3½ km/h and reaches her school 6 minutes late. The next day she travels at 4½ km/h and reaches school 10 min early. What is the distance (in km) between her house and the school? [SSC CGL Tier II (16/11/2020)]

Correct Answer: (d) 4.2
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2. The distance between the places Hand O is D units. The average speed that gets a person from H to O in a stipulated time is S units. He takes 20 minutes more time than usual if he travels at 60 km/h, and reaches 44 minutes early if he travels 75 km/h. The sum of the numerical values of D and S is: [SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 384
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3. Two trains start at the same time from stations A and B, 1800 km apart, and proceed towards each other at an average speed of 44 km/h and 46 km/h, respectively. Where will the trains meet? [SSC CHSL 16/10/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 880 km from station A
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4. How much time (in minutes) will a dog take to run around a square field of side 75 m if it runs at the rate of 6 km/hr? [SSC CHSL 19/10/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 3
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5. A train takes 45 minutes to cover a certain distance at a speed of 80 km/h. If the speed is increased by 125%, then how long will it take (in minutes) the train to cover 8/5 of the same distance? [SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 32
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6. Ravi starts for his school from his house on his cycle at 8:20 a.m. If he runs his cycle at a speed of 10 km/h, he reaches his school 8 minutes late, and if he drives the cycle at a speed of 16 km/h, he reaches his school 10 minutes early. The school starts at: [SSC CHSL 18/03/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 9:00 a.m.
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7. Places A and B are 144 km apart. Two cars start simultaneously, one from A and the other from B. If they move in the same direction, they meet after 12 hours, but if they move towards each other they meet after 9/8 hours. The 8 speed(in km/h) of the car moving at a faster speed, is: [SSC CGL 04/04/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 70
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8. A student takes 1.25 hours to travel from home to school at a speed of 4 km/h. By what percentage should he increase his speed to reduce the time by 25% to cover the same distance from school to home? [SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 33⅓ %
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9. Two cyclists X and Y start at the same time from place A to go towards place B at a speed of 6 km/h and 8 km/h, respectively. Despite stopping for 15 minutes during the journey, Y reaches 10 minutes earlier than X. The distance between the places A and B (in km) is: [SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 10
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10. Two cars A and B leave Delhi at 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. for Shimla, respectively. They travel at the speeds of 40km/h and 50 km/h respectively. How many kilometers away from Delhi will the two cars be together? [SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 100
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